Patty developed from Tropical Depression Sixteen in the Atlantic Ocean east of The Bahamas.

Patty track on Atlantic Ocean SST image of 07 October (251 Kb) This image
represents the average composite sea surface temperature (SST) derived from
NOAA satellite AVHRR data over the 7 days ending 07 October 2012. The
averaging is done to remove clouds. The temperature scale for SST is
22C to 32C. The track of Patty is overlaid on this image.